UK Horizon alternative ‘aims to make Brussels pick up the phone’ George Freeman ‘still pushing’ and ‘still hopeful’ on association, but thinks forthcoming plan for UK global science role could be catalyst John Morgan 1月 11日
Co-create policies to tackle student drug use, universities told Ensuring students are involved in interventions will help tackle stigma and end ‘culture of silence’, experts say Tom Williams 1月 11日
Study debunks idea that Covid trials cut clinical corners Covid-19 trials were as well designed, if not better designed, than other, similar medical experiments, finds Oxford study Jack Grove 1月 11日
Education departments ‘less diverse’ than rest of UK sector BERA report indicates education departments tend to be older and more white, with men in most senior positions Patrick Jack 1月 11日
Pay talks impasse continues as unions await employers’ offer Lack of agreement on whether industrial action should continue while talks are in progress hampers chances of resolving dispute Tom Williams 1月 10日
Time to focus on HE staff’s quality of life, says new Oxford v-c Pay and working conditions to be a key priority for incoming leader Tom Williams 1月 10日
‘Institute for scientific facts’ aims to smash fake news Mass polls of global scientists could help to debunk myths about extent of division on contested issues Jack Grove 1月 10日
Partnership model mooted for long-term EU alliance funding As bids are polished for the latest round of university alliance grants, debate is building over where longer-term funding should come from Ben Upton 1月 10日
Students ‘?1,500 poorer’ as maintenance loans lag after inflation Ahead of announcement of maintenance loan rates for 2023-24, Russell Group warns next cohort will likely have to get by on significantly less Tom Williams 1月 9日
Medieval murk: twists in #ReceptioGate ‘thriller’ grip academia Accusations of plagiarism regarding a sacred medieval book have led to an extraordinary dispute involving online threats and allegations that staff and offices were invented Jack Grove 1月 9日
Russian student ‘shopped by classmates’ over anti-war posts Involvement of university staff in prosecution of Olesya Krivtsova a major cause for concern, observers say Ben Upton 1月 7日
Is it time for UCU members to go on indefinite strike? Jo Grady’s more gradualist approach to industrial action offers better prospects for success, say Jak Peake and Adam Ozanne Jak Peake 1月 6日
